Bill 11 (Legislature 4, Session 4)

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Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 11 ,of 1921. '

An Act to amend The £,ethbridge City Charter. (Assented to , 1921.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. Title III of The Lethbr,idge City. Charter is hereby amended by adding after subsection (

a) in

section 2 of said Title III the following subsection: "(a) 1. The names of all persons who have pa.id the poll taxes for the current year, provided for by subsection (

a) in subsection 2 of Title XXXV of The Lethbridge City Charter and amendments thereto, the said persons having resided in the said city since one month prior to the first day of December in the previous year; but all such persons must apply personally or by agents to the city assessor not later than the 20th day of August in each year to have his or her name put on the list."

Section 1 of title XXI is hereby amended by striking out the last "im" where it appears in the word "impar tially" where the said word appears in the eleventh line of the form of oath in said section.

Section 10 of title XXIV of The Lethbridge City Charter is hereby amended by adding to subsection ( ii) as sub

section (iia) the following: "(iia) That the city council may by by-law set apart any portion or portions of the City of Lethbridge as a residential, manufacturing, warehouse or wholesale district or districts, and may regulate the nature, style and size of the buildings to be built within the said area, the distance the buildings should be built from the street lin13; the per centage of the area of the lots a building may cover, the height of the buildings and that no other building except one of the class designated for the district without the consent of the council by resolution, and to fix a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, for each offence under the by-law, or of one hundred dollars for each day of a continuing offence."

2 4. Subsection (

h) of

section 4, title XXXV, is hereby amended by adding after the word "purposes" where it appears in the first line of the said subsection, the words "and owned by the church using the same."

Section 12 of title XXXIX is hereby amended by addjng to the said

section the following: "Upon report of the commissioner of public works officer recommending the same, the council shall have the power to direct plumbing, including one water closet and basin, or other sanitary improvements, to be made in any building situated on land fronting or abutting upon a street or other place where there are sewer and water mains, and the city may, with or without the consent of the owner, occupant or tenant thereof, enter, make or construct and instal such plumbing, or other sanitary improvements, or cause the same to be done, and af1 er such plumbing or other sanitary improvements have been completed, the engineer shall make a certificate as to such plumbing and other sanitary improvements stating therein the number and descript~on of the land or parcel of land whereon such sanitary improvements are made, and shall file such cer tificate with the city assessor, and the amounts of such costs as so certified, shall be divided into seven equal annual instalments (after allowing for interest at such rate as the council shall fix, having regard to the state of the money market and sinking fund), and one of such-instalments shall be added to the taxes on such lot or parcel of land in the collector's roll, for each year, for a period of seven years, beginning with the rolls prepared next after the filing of said certificate, and the said cost shall be collected in the same manner and shall Qe treated in all respects :ts ordinary taxes due upon the said land.

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e) For the purpose of making, constructing and installing such plumbing, or other sanitary improvements and paying interest on the debentures hereinafter mentioned, the city shall have the power to pass a by-law or by-laws for the issue of debentures of the said city, to be called 'PJumbing Debentures,' in the sum of not less than $100 each, as to the city seems expedient. These debentures shall be made payable in the manner and at the time fol- ·lowing, that is to say, within a period not exceeding seven years, from the dates of the respective issues thereof. "(

j) Such debentures shall bear interest at such rate as the council shall fix, having regard to the state of the money market, which interest shall be payable not oftener than half-yearly. The said debentures shall h~ signed as provided in The Lethbridge City Charter for the signing of debentures. Such by-laws shall not require to be submitted to the electors for approval. "(

g) The council shall have the power to direct sewer and water connections to be made between a sewer or water

3 main, in any street or part thereof and the pmperties fronting or abutting on such street and such connections shall be made by the engineer or under his inspection (if made by the property owner).

If the conneetion be made by the city, the engineer shall make a certificate of the cost of same, stating therein the number of the lot or parcel of land with which such connection has be13n made and shall file said certificate with the assesso.r, and t,he amount of such cost as so certified shall be added to the taxes of the land or parcel of land named in said certificate in the collector's rolls prepared next after filing of said certificate and the said cost shall be collected in the same manner and shall be treated in all respects as ordinary taxes due upon the said land."

Section 1 of title XXIX of The Lethbridge City Charter is hereby amended by striking out the word "two" where it appears in the seventh line in said section, and substituting the word "three" therefor.

Section 7 of title XXIX of The Lethbridge City Charter is hereby amended as follows: By inserting. after the word "may" where it appears in the first line of said

section the words "from time to time," and by inserting after the words "persons or" where they appear in the third line of said

section the word "persons," and by inserting after the word "bank" where it appears in the fourth line of the said

section the words "or banks." 8. Title XXXV is hereby amended by adding

section 6a after

section 6 in the said title: "6a.

The ·council may by by-law prohibit any person or persons from removing or causing to be removed any building, from one part of the city to another part thereof, or from one lot to any other lot, from within the city limits to any place outside the city limits or from tearing down or carrying away any building or any portion thereof, without such person has first procured from the building inspector, for the City of Lethbridge, a permit to remove such building, and that the said inspector shall not issue such permit until such applicant shall have proven to him that all taxes levied on the said building and on the land, on which it is situated, have been paid, and may impose a penalty for infraction of such by-law, not exceeding one hundred dollars and costs, or in default of payment thereof, thirty days in jail."

No.ll FOURTH SESSION FOURTH LEGISLATURE 11 GEORGE V 1921 BILL

An Act to amend The Lethbridge City Charter. Received and read the First time ................. . Second time ............... . Third time ................ . DR. J. s. STEWART. EDMONTON: J. W. JIIRDT, KING'S PRUITII:R. A.D. 1921 Title: 1921 (4th, 4th) Bill 11,

An Act to amend The Lethbridge City Charter

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